๐Magnus Carlsen plays against Arthur Abraham, German boxer and the former world champion.
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Indian chess grandmaster
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Indian chess grandmaster
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UNITY CHESS INFOGRAPHIC
๐ต Chess History - Tournaments
๐น Odessa 1989
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#Odesa_1989
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๐ต Chess History - Tournaments
๐น Odessa 1989
#chess_history_tornaments
#Odesa_1989
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@unitychess
๐ท Chess History - Tournaments
๐น Odessa 1989
๐น USSR
๐น September 22 - October 16
๐น CHAMPION: Rafael Vaganian|9/15 (+5 -2 =8) |
๐ฐ The 56th Soviet Chess Championship, held in the city of Odessa from September 22nd to October 16th, 1989, was a category XIII event.
Sixteen of the USSR's best grandmasters and masters participated in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): ๐ ๐ Alexander Beliavsky (2620)
๐ Sergey Dolmatov (2615)
๐ Andrei Sokolov (2595)
๐ Boris Gelfand (2590)
๐ Rafael Vaganian (2585)
๐ Alexey Dreev (2570)
๐ Vladimir Tukmakov (2565)
๐ Vereslav Eingorn (2560)
๐ Vladimir Malaniuk (2560)
๐ Lembit Oll (2550)
๐ Yuri Balashov (2535)
๐ Konstantin Lerner (2530)
๐ Ilia Smirin (2530)
๐ Semen Dvoirys (2520)
๐ Konstantin Aseev (2485)
๐ Giorgi Giorgadze (2470)
โฆ๏ธ The Armenian grandmaster Vaganian took clear first, half of a point ahead of the four shared seconds.
โฆ๏ธ The final standings and crosstable was as above๐
โฆ๏ธ Download "Odessa 1989 " Games database by PGN format๐
#chess_history_tornaments
#Odessa_1989
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๐น Odessa 1989
๐น USSR
๐น September 22 - October 16
๐น CHAMPION: Rafael Vaganian|9/15 (+5 -2 =8) |
๐ฐ The 56th Soviet Chess Championship, held in the city of Odessa from September 22nd to October 16th, 1989, was a category XIII event.
Sixteen of the USSR's best grandmasters and masters participated in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): ๐ ๐ Alexander Beliavsky (2620)
๐ Sergey Dolmatov (2615)
๐ Andrei Sokolov (2595)
๐ Boris Gelfand (2590)
๐ Rafael Vaganian (2585)
๐ Alexey Dreev (2570)
๐ Vladimir Tukmakov (2565)
๐ Vereslav Eingorn (2560)
๐ Vladimir Malaniuk (2560)
๐ Lembit Oll (2550)
๐ Yuri Balashov (2535)
๐ Konstantin Lerner (2530)
๐ Ilia Smirin (2530)
๐ Semen Dvoirys (2520)
๐ Konstantin Aseev (2485)
๐ Giorgi Giorgadze (2470)
โฆ๏ธ The Armenian grandmaster Vaganian took clear first, half of a point ahead of the four shared seconds.
โฆ๏ธ The final standings and crosstable was as above๐
โฆ๏ธ Download "Odessa 1989 " Games database by PGN format๐
#chess_history_tornaments
#Odessa_1989
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โฆ๏ธ Review our selected game from Odessa 1989 chess tournament๐
โช๏ธ Rafael Vaganian vs Semen Isaakovich Dvoirys
โช๏ธ URS-ch56 (1989), Odessa UKR, rd 1, Sep-22
โช๏ธ English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation Geller Variation (A33)
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โช๏ธ Rafael Vaganian vs Semen Isaakovich Dvoirys
โช๏ธ URS-ch56 (1989), Odessa UKR, rd 1, Sep-22
โช๏ธ English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation Geller Variation (A33)
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In the 2nd round at Wijk aan Zee, 11th January 1968 - Romanian grandmaster Florin Gheorghiu is in play v. Hein Donner (Netherlands). Vlastimil Hort (ฤSSR) looks on.
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"All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may perhaps seem unjust that all their beautiful ideas get no other recognition than a zero on the tournament table."
๐ธ Bent Larsen
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US grandmaster Pal Benko, pictured at the Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee, January 1969.
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